Ro, Cole, Emily and Luke discuss what clarity looks like at work, sharing perspectives on clear communication, preparing meeting goals, admitting uncertainty, and practical steps like stating next steps and asking clarifying questions.
Ro opens the live stream, greets the audience, and explains he's streaming from the Cadre office rather than home or a gym. He sets a casual, work-focused tone and introduces that there are guests present.
The group introduces the topic of clarity and communication in the workplace and explains that each person will share their perspective. Ro outlines the plan to go around and hear individual definitions of clarity.
Cole emphasizes that clear communication with peers prevents miscommunication and ensures everyone knows their responsibilities. He links clarity to creating a healthier, happier work environment.
Emily highlights that 'clear is kind' and stresses direct communication, but also that clarity often begins with oneself—preparing meeting goals and pausing to set priorities. She encourages reflection on whether you're helping reach solutions and adjusting in real time.
Luke discusses how rapid change makes organizational communication difficult and suggests that honestly admitting 'we don't know' is itself a form of clarity. He urges intentional practice to make clarity executable, like stating meeting goals and defining next steps.
Ro shares a simple communication strategy—explain things simply, ask clarifying questions, and name what remains unclear—using a short anecdote to illustrate directness. He closes with a prompt for viewers to reflect on clarity in their own work and leave comments.
Good morning, good morning, Cadre fam. Welcome. It is Tuesday. 15 and I'm Rowe. Welcome to my live stream. In a bit of a different space today. I'm not at home. I'm not in a gym. I am not out by a lake. I am in an office. And guess what? It's actually the Cadre office. Welcome today. I am actually here with a few guests. As you can see, we are in the world today. We are in the world. We're getting stuff done in order to bring you better quality content providers, all the things. We're here to serve you, right?
So today, the topic that we want to talk about and discuss, we're going to break it up a little bit, but like communication, clarity, what does clarity look like in the workplace for you? Because it might look a little bit different for everybody. What you think clarity might look, someone else might not see it. So how do we bridge that gap? So what I thought we'd do today is we're all going to go around and share what clarity looks like for us individually. Since I'm going to wrap it up, I'm going to start and Cole, we're going to throw you to the fire.
I'm happy to. So hello, everybody. I am very happy to be a surprise guest here with my man, Ro. Clarity in the workplace specifically, to me, the first thing that pops on my mind is clear communication with everyone, peers and likewise. So there's never any miscommunication and everyone knows exactly where they're supposed to be and what is required of them. And I think it creates the healthiest, happiest working environment possible. communication, clarity. That's what I got for you. We're passing the talking piece.
Yes. Okay, I was going to say, you can join us in the... Aura on 10. I know, exactly. Sorry, I had to accessorize. That's what's clear for me. Okay, hi everyone, Emily. So I'm on the growth team with Ro, Cole, and Luke, and like Ro said during this in the war room. So what does clear mean to me? So a couple things I say clear is kind. So definitely direct communication, playing off of what Cole said. I actually think for me, sometimes it starts with myself. If I'm not being clear, if a meeting isn't clear, if the goal isn't clear for not getting to a next point, sometimes I have to pause and really it starts with me.
Did I go into the meeting feeling like I paused and was clear on what my goal was? Did I take the time to really like, what would a solution be? What would resolution be? Am I actually helping get us there? Did I pause Sunday night and look at my week ahead to get clear on what my priorities are for the week? If I continue to feel friction throughout my day or my week, am I going to pause to really get clear on why that is and what I could adjust in real time? So usually that clarity, whether it's communicating clearly with others, or just having my day go as smooth as I can, it usually does start with me in great accessories.
Great accessories. Okay, I'm going to pass to Luke. I can go. So in a world that's changing at the speed that it is, I think this is one of the hardest things to do in companies, period. The change is happening at an epic level. And And most organizations are unable to keep up with the communication patterns that exist and the levels of change that happen. So when you think about clarity in the workplace and kindness in the workplace, I think it can be something as simple as saying like, we don't know the answer.
Like that can also be really clear. Like we don't have all the answers. We don't know what next week's gonna look like. We don't know three months from now. And I think individuals can take that clarity for what it's worth on their own terms. Meaning, yep, I did. I took it all off. Speak Wonder. How do you like them apples? Let's go Speak Wonder. By the way, here's your biggest fan in the world. Speak Wonder. Speak Wonder. I love watching you. It's literally my favorite. Every Thursday morning. I just can't wait.
It's so, good to have you be a part of the Cadre team. How do you like that? It glares through the Cadre office every Thursday. It sure does. But so I'll end with, I think the ability to have clarity seems easy, but to execute it is really difficult, really hard. And it takes intentionality, just like going working any other muscle, public speaking or this or this. Like you need to really intently focus on clarity, what works for you. Sometimes it could be like, if I'm running a meeting, I'm going to say my goal by the end of this meeting is acts.
And does the team all know that acts should be taking place? Or, for example, if there's a task that's done as something as difficult and crazy as going walking for four months, or something as simple as going out and having a meeting tomorrow with a potential prospect. Like what is the goal of each one of those things? And what does it mean for me? Right? So like those things are just important to think about as you continue to think about clarity and clarity and being kind and how we go about identifying next steps.
So at any rate, that's clarity's kindness for me before I start rambling and not clear anymore. All right, So clarity in the workplace or just in general for me, I'm going to age myself with this one. So back in the day, there was a phone company called Cingular Wireless. And this was at a time where you had X amount of number, X amount of minutes until 7pm and it was free. So every minute mattered, right? And they had these commercials and the guy would pick up the phone, call like his baby was being born.
He'd be like, Bob had a baby, it's a boy and hung up, right? Super clear, super direct to the point, no BS, right direct, right? I've taken that approach in communicating. I try to simplify it to like if I'm explaining something to a two-year-old, I'm explaining something to a co-worker, it should be the same It should be received as if like if I'm speaking it to like a two-year-old, I want to simplify it that much, right? So I do that. And then also I ask questions. That's on my end. I do everything I can on my end for the other individual that I'm talking to.
What am I unclear about? Asking them what their intentional questions to see what they're unclear about, what they're clear about where they're at, right? And if we can get clarity, even on the fact that there's things that we are unclear about, at least we know that we're unclear about those things and there's alignment, we're on the same page. Because even if we have good communication and clarity, there's still going to be some things, projects, stuff that's coming down the pipeline that we're unclear about.
But if we both know what those are, then we have a foundation that we can stand on. So that's what clarity means to you. I mean, to me, my coffee's kicking in, obviously. But that's where we're at today. So wanted to keep it quick, short. I challenge you, what does clarity in the workspace or just in general relationships mean to you? I challenge you, drop it in the comments or ask yourself that question and think about it throughout the day. Would love to hear it. Have a great day and go make the world a better place.
